Kindness

Kindness [NAVE]

KINDNESS.
Lev. 19:34; Deut. 22:1 vs. 2-4.; Psa. 112:5; Prov. 14:21; Prov. 19:22; Prov. 31:26; Isa. 11:13; Zech. 7:9, 10; Matt. 5:7, 42 Luke 6:30. Matt. 25:34-36; Luke 6:34, 35; Acts 20:35; Rom. 12:15; Rom. 15:1, 2, 5; 1 Cor. 13:4-7; Gal. 6:1, 2, 10; Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:12, 14; 1 Tim. 5:9, 10; Heb. 5:2; 1 Pet. 3:8 v. 9.; 1 Pet. 4:8; 2 Pet. 1:7; 1 John 3:17, 18
Instances of
Pharaoh to Jacob, Gen. 45:16-20; 47:5, 6.
Pharaoh's daughter to Moses, Ex. 2:6-10.
Rahab to the spies, Josh. 2:6-16.
David to Mephibosheth, 2 Sam. 9:1-13.
Joab to Absalom, 2 Sam. 14:1-24.
Ahab to Ben-hadad, 1 Kin. 20:32-34.
Elisha to the woman whose son he restored to life, 2 Kin. 8:1.
Evil-merodach to Jehoiachin, 2 Kin. 25:28-30.
Jehoshabeath to Joash, 2 Chr. 22:11.
Jews to the people, Neh. 5:8-19.
Mordecai to Esther, Esth. 2:7.
Nebuchadnezzar to Jeremiah, Jer. 39:11, 12.
Joseph to Mary, Matt. 1:19.
Centurion to his servant, Luke 7:2-6.
Jews to Mary and Martha, John 11:19, 33.
John to Mary, John 19:27.
Felix to Paul, Acts 24:23.
Julius to Paul, Acts 27:3, 43.
Onesiphorus to Paul, 2 Tim. 1:16-18.

KINDNESS [ISBE]

KINDNESS - kind'-nes (checedh; chrestotes): "Kindness" in the Old Testament is (with one exception) the translation of checedh, "kindness," "favor," "mercy," etc., used chiefly of man but also of God (Gen 20:13; 40:14; 1 Sam 15:6; 20:14,15; 2 Sam 9:3; Neh 9:17; Ps 141:5; Isa 54:8,10, etc.); Tobh, "good," is once so translated (2 Sam 2:6). In the New Testament chrestotes, "usefulness," "beneficence," is rendered "kindness" 4 t in the King James Version (2 Cor 6:6; Eph 2:7; Col 3:12; Tit 3:4, and in Gal 5:22 the Revised Version (British and American)); see GENTLENESS; GOODNESS. Philanthropia, "love of mankind," is translated "kindness" Acts 28:2), and philadelphia, "love of the brotherhood" (2 Pet 1:7, the English Revised Version "love of the brethren," the American Revised Version margin "Gr, love of the brethren").

For "kindness" (Ps 31:21) the Revised Version (British and American) has "lovingkindness," and the American Standard Revised Version in other places where the reference is to God; for "shew," "shewed kindness" (Josh 2:12) "deal," "dealt kindly"; for "The desire of man is his kindness" (Prov 19:22) the American Standard Revised Version has "That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness," the English Revised Version "The desire of man is (the measure of) his kindness," like the American Standard Revised Version in m; for "merciful kindness" (Ps 117:2) the American Standard Revised Version has "lovingkindness," the English Revised Version "mercy "; both have "lovingkindness" (Ps 119:76); for "of great kindness" (Neh 9:17; Joel 2:13; Jon 4:2) the American Standard Revised Version has "abundant in lovingkindness," the English Revised Version "plenteous in mercy"; the Revised Version (British and American) has "kindness" for "mercy" (Gen 39:21); for "pity" (Job 6:14); for "goodness" (Prov 20:6); "favor and kindness" the American Standard Revised Version, for "grace and favor" (Est 2:17).

See LOVINGKINDNESS; MERCY.